Shannon Sedgwick Davis is an American attorney and activist. She is the head of the Bridgeway Foundation, a philanthropic organization whose goal is "ending mass atrocities" around the world.[1][2]

Early career and education

Sedgwick Davis is an honors graduate of McMurry University and Baylor Law School.

Prior to joining Bridgeway Foundation in 2007, Sedgwick Davis served as Vice President of Geneva Global, a philanthropic consulting firm that advises individuals, foundations, nonprofit organizations, and corporations on international development, global health, and poverty solutions.

Previously, Sedgwick Davis was the Director of Public Affairs at the International Justice Mission (IJM), a human rights agency that focuses on ending slavery, forced prostitution, and illegal land seizures in the developing world. Her work in helping rescue children from sex trafficking in the Svay Pak village of Cambodia was included in the 2005 Emmy award-winning piece, “Children for Sale,” on Dateline.[3]

Sedgwick Davis has also written for The Huffington Post.[4]

Books

In 2019, Sedgwick Davis wrote To Stop a Warlord, the true story of a collaboration to stop the atrocities of the Lord's Resistance Army.[5] The foreword was authored by Howard G. Buffett.[6]

Honors and awards

Sedgwick Davis received Baylor's Young Lawyer of the Year Award 2011 and, in the same year, the Spirit of McMurry Award,[7] given annually to one outstanding alumnus/a. She is the award recipient of the Nomi Network's 2014 Abolitionist Award and The Rotary Club of San Antonio's 2014 Outstanding Young San Antonian.[8] In 2015, she received the Global Human Rights Hero award from Saving Innocence.[9] In 2019, Sedgwick Davis received the distinguished Navy SEAL "Fire in the Gut" Award,[10] and in the same year she was honored at the UNITAS gala.[11] In 2020, Sedgwick Davis delivered the keynote at the Global Girls Summit, where she received their Globally Awesome Girl award.[12] Sedgwick Davis sits on the board of several organizations including The Elders, Humanity United, Charity: Water, and, formerly, TOMS.

Personal life

Sedgwick Davis currently lives in San Antonio, Texas, with her husband and two sons.

Bridgeway Foundation

Established in 2000, as the charitable giving arm of Bridgeway Capital Management, the Bridgeway Foundation works to establish peace and reconciliation in international communities suffering from oppression, genocide, and other human rights violations.[13] As an attorney and advocate for social justice, Sedgwick Davis has led Bridgeway Foundation in developing solutions in remote environments. Her organization has given financial support to organizations such as Aegis Trust, Resolve Uganda, and Invisible Children.[14] Sedgwick Davis and the Bridgeway Foundation have been credited for their role in funding civilian protection and recovery efforts in Uganda[15] against the Lord's Resistance Army and its leader, Joseph Kony, the first-ever indictee of the International Criminal Court.[16] The effort, as described in the New Yorker article, has also been criticized for funding mercenaries as a means to end genocide.[17]

References

  1. ↑ "Shannon Sedgwick Davis Wields Law to Halt Genocide". ChristianityToday.com. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  2. ↑ Chandrasekaran, Rajiv (2013-10-28). "Kony 2013: U.S. quietly intensifies effort to help African troops capture infamous warlord". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  3. ↑ "Children For Sale". NBC News. January 9, 2005.
  4. ↑ "4 Ways our Investment Business is Giving Back". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  5. ↑ "To Stop a Warlord by Shannon Sedgwick Davis: 9780812985863 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  6. ↑ Davis, Shannon Sedgwick (2019). "To stop a warlord : my story of justice, grace, and the fight for peace /". lib.ugent.be. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  7. ↑ "Spirit of McMurray Awards".
  8. ↑ "Outstanding Young San Antonian".
  9. ↑ "Saving Innocence". Archived from the original on 2015-11-03.
  10. ↑ "2019 Navy SEAL Foundation Midwest Evening of Tribute Raises Over $3 Million in Support of Naval Special Warfare Warriors and Families". Cision PRWeb. September 9, 2019.
  11. ↑ "UNITAS GALA HONORING BETHANN HARDISON, SHANNON SEDGWICK DAVIS & DAVID OCITTI". BFA. September 9, 2019.
  12. ↑ "UIW set to host Girls Global Summit". University of the Incarnate World. February 12, 2020.
  13. ↑ "Bridgeway Foundation History".
  14. ↑ "Bridgeway Foundation Grants".
  15. ↑ "Hunting for Kony". The New Yorker. October 21, 2013.
  16. ↑ "Kony indicted".
  17. ↑ "The #Bullshit Files: An Open Letter to the New Yorker". Africa is a Country.
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